INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of March 9, 2007 by
and between MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (the “
Company ”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company (“ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-128218 (“ Registration
Statement ”), for its initial public offering of
securities (“ IPO ”) has been declared effective
as of the date hereof (“ Effective Date ”) by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Registration Statement); and
WHEREAS, Lazard Capital Markets LLC (“
Lazard ”) and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
(“ Ladenburg ”) are acting as co-representatives
(“ Co-Representatives ”) of the underwriters in
the IPO; and
WHEREAS, as described in the Company’s
Registration Statement, in accordance with the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation, $84,242,000 of the gross proceeds of
the IPO $96,618,800 if the underwriters’ over-allotment
option is exercised in full) will be delivered to the Trustee to be
deposited and held in a trust account for the benefit of the
Company and the holders of the Company’s common stock, par
value $.0001 per share, issued in the IPO, as hereinafter
provided. The amount to be delivered to the Trustee will
be referred to herein as the “ Property ”; the
stockholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property
will be referred to as the “ Public Stockholders
”; and the Public Stockholders and the Company will be
referred to together as the “ Beneficiaries ”);
and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to
enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions
pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold the Property;
IT IS AGREED:
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AGREEMENTS AND
COVENANTS OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee hereby agrees and
covenants to:
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(a) Hold
the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, in a segregated trust account (“
Trust Account ”) established by the
Trustee;
(b) Manage,
supervise and administer the Trust Account subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
(c) In
a timely manner, upon the instruction of the Company, to invest and
reinvest the Property in United States “government
securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 having a maturity of 180 days or
less, or in any open ended investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 that holds itself out as a money
market fund meeting the conditions o[paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and
(c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of
1940;
(d) Collect
and receive, when due, all principal and income arising from the
Property, which shall become part of the “Property,” as
such term is used herein;
(e) Notify
the Company and the Co-Representatives of all communications
received by it with respect to any Property requiring action by the
Company;
(f) Supply
any necessary information or documents as may be requested by the
Company in connection with the Company’s preparation of the
tax returns for the Trust Account;
(g) Participate
in any plan or proceeding for protecting or enforcing any right or
interest arising from the Property if, as and when instructed by
the Company and/or the Co-Representatives to do so;
(h) Render
to the Company and the Co-Representatives, and to such other person
as the Company may instruct, monthly written statements of the
activities of and amounts in the Trust Account reflecting all
receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account; and
(i) Commence
liquidation of the Trust Account only after, and promptly after,
receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter
(“ Termination Letter ”), in a form
substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A
or Exhibit B hereto, signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief
Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board and Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, and affirmed by counsel for the Company, and
complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the
Property in the Trust Account only as directed in the Termination
Letter and the other documents referred to therein; provided
, however , that in the event that a Termination Letter has
not been received by the Trustee by the 18-month anniversary of the
closing (“ Closing ”) of the IPO (“
First Date ”), or the 24-month anniversary of the
Closing (“ Last Date ”) in the event that a
letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement
for a Business Combination has been executed on or prior to the
First Date but the Business Combination has not been consummated by
the First Date, the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as
Exhibit B hereto to the stockholders of record on the record date
established by the Company for such purpose. The Company
shall set the record date to be within ten days of the Last Date,
or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and legally
permissible. In all cases, the Trustee shall provide
Ladenburg with a copy of any Termination Letters and/or any other
correspondence that it receives with respect to any proposed
withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after it receives
same. This section may not be modified, amended or
deleted under any circumstances; and
(j) Upon
one or more written requests from the Company, which may be given
not more than once in any calendar month period, the Trustee shall
distribute to the Company interest earned on the Trust Account, net
of taxes payable, up to a maximum of $1,800,000. The
distributions requested by the Company may be for any
amount,
provided that (i) in the aggregate, all distributions under this
Section 1(j) may not exceed $1,800,000 and (ii) such distributions
may only be made if and to the extent that interest has been earned
and paid on the amount initially deposited into the Trust
Account. No other distributions from the Trust Account
shall be permitted except in accordance with Section 1(i), this
Section 1(j) and Section 1(k) hereof; and
(k) If
there is any income or other tax obligation relating to the income
from the Property in the Trust Account as determined by the
Company, then, from time to time, at the written instruction of the
Company, the Trustee shall promptly, to the extent there is not
sufficient cash in the Trust Account to pay such tax obligation,
liquidate such assets held in the Trust Account as shall be
designated by the Company in writing, and disburse to the Company
by wire transfer, out of the Property in the Trust Account, the
amount indicated by the Company as owing in respect of such income
tax obligation.
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AGREEMENTS AND
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby agrees and
covenants to:
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(a) Give
all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the
Board. In addition, except with respect to its duties
under paragraph 1(i) above, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely
on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal or telephonic
advice or instruction which it in good faith believes to be given
by any one of the persons authorized above to give written
instructions, provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such
instructions in writing;
(b) Hold
the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against any
and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements, or loss suffered by the Trustee in connection with
any action, suit or other proceeding brought against the Trustee
involving any claim, or in connection with any claim or demand
which in any way arises out of or relates to this Agreement, the
services of the Trustee hereunder, or the Property or any income
earned from investment of the Property, except for expenses and
losses resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Promptly after the receipt by the
Trustee of notice of demand or claim or the commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to which the Trustee intends
to seek indemnification under this paragraph, it shall notify the
Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as the
“ Indemnified Claim ”). The Trustee
shall have the right to conduct and manage the defense against such
Indemnified Claim, provided, that the Trustee shall obtain the
consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the
prior written consent of the Company, unless such settlement
includes a full release with respect to such Indemnified
Claim. The Company may participate in such action with
its own counsel; and
(c) Pay
the Trustee an initial acceptance fee, an annual fee and a
transaction processing fee for each disbursement made pursuant to
Sections 1(i) and 1(j) as set forth on Schedule A hereto, which
fees shall be subject to modification by the
parties from
time to time. It is expressly understood that the
Property shall not be used to pay such fees and further agreed that
said transaction processing fees shall be deducted by the Trustee
from the disbursements made to the Company pursuant to Section
1(j). The Company shall pay the Trustee the initial
acceptance fee and first year’s fee at the consummation of
the IPO and thereafter on the anniversary of the Effective
Date. The Trustee shall refund to the Company the annual
fee (on a pro rata basis) with r